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If you cannot speak English, they usually have or can find a cop that speaks your language.
Under the Miranda warning you have the right to remain silent.
The cops will just cuff you , transport you to the ID lab for fingerprints.
You do have to produce an ID , registration and proof of insurance if asked by the officer.
I was many years ago , pulled over by a cop at 2am in the morning since my car was weaving in the road. I just got off working a 12 hour shift. ( I was working two jobs at the time.) + being Christmas time the cops were out. I was not giving a ticket or anything, as I explain I just got off work and did not go to a bar afterwards. As the officer asked me. The man was in my face to see if I smelt of alcohol. Which I did not .

Depends on WHERE. In my City, which has a heavy Hispanic population, drivers who cannot speak English are taken to Police Headquarters and questioned there.

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No. You are never required to speak to an officer period, let alone speak English. Only a judge or a Grand Jury can force you to talk. You are only required to identify yourself and produce insurance and registration. You can do all those things without talking.

Keep in mind the officer has a lot of discretion. As the adage goes, "it is hard to talk yourself out of a ticket, but easy to talk yourself into one".

Another consideration is drunk driving. You are required to perform field sobriety tests, which may include counting or reciting the alphabet. Refusing sobriety tests is evidence of intoxication and could get you arrested.